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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat should we call this attempt to overthrow the election results?
The Hold My Beer Hall Putsch?
Prolosertrumpian Revolution?
Whatever we call it, in the end it is traitorous and sedition.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/us-capitol-lockdown/index.html
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What should we call this attempt to overthrow the election results? (Original Post)
geardaddy
Jan 2021
OP
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. Sedition
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)7. You are correct, sir
Bev54
(10,047 posts)12. It is a reason for Trump to call for martial law
which is what he has wanted all along.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)13. I hope not.
Luckily I don't think he controls the Capitol Police and certainly not the DC Police.
Bev54
(10,047 posts)17. No but he can call on the military to go in
That is my fear, so it gives him an excuse. I do believe this was the plan.
Politicub
(12,165 posts)2. Start of a civil war?
This is not a joke.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)8. I know it's not a joke.
unblock
(52,196 posts)3. the cuckoo coup?
JCMach1
(27,556 posts)4. Trumphole Putsch
Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)5. The beginning of Trump's impeachment
and removal from office.
superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)6. Christo-fascist futility
Bad Thoughts
(2,522 posts)9. The Trump Putsch
napi21
(45,806 posts)10. Sedition! That's what CNN is calling it. They just said "Sedition is the attempted overthrow of
rule of law by force." Tapper said, "This is no longer attempted, this is IT! This IS sedition!!!
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)11. Yes, it is. It is sedition.
struggle4progress
(118,278 posts)14. The GOP burns the Reichstag, hoping to pass an Enabling Act
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)15. Eerily similar
Amishman
(5,555 posts)16. Tantrum of the Trumpies?
as dramatic as this is, its just an embarrassment, alienates sane people, and will accomplish nothing